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== Ladislaus Evarist Matindi == Ladislaus Evarist Matindi is an aviation professional and corporate executive. He serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Air Tanzania, Tanzania's national airline. He was appointed to that position on 15 September 2016.

Background and Education
He was born in Tanzania in 1964. He holds a Master of Science in Telecommunication Engineering from Ukraine and an MBA in International Business from the University of Birmingham in the UK. He attended a number of aviation and IT-related programmes at the French Academy of Civil Aviation (ENAC) in France, the Aviation Training and Development Institute (IATA) in Canada, JICA—Okinawa International Centre in Japan, and the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Italy.

Career
His aviation career started in 1995 at the Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) as an engineer under the Department of Air Navigation Services and rose through the ranks to become the Head of the Engineering Section. In March 2007, he joined the East African Community as a Principal Officer responsible for the aviation sector. Prior to joining Air Tanzania, he served as the CEO of the EGNOS-Africa Joint Programme Office (JPO) in Senegal from January 2014 to September 2016. JPO is responsible for coordinating Satellite Navigation (GNSS/SBAS) services development in Africa based on European solutions EGNOS and Galileo.

As an aviation professional, he participated in a number of aviation programmes under regional economic cooperation blocks in Africa, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC), the International Air Transport Association (IATA), African Union (AU), European Commission (EC), African Airlines Association (AFRAA) and international funding institutions.

Ladislaus is serving as a member of the board of SITA, a multinational information technology company and a board member of the Ministerial Advisory Board of the Tanzania Government Flight Agency.

He is a registered Professional Engineer with the Tanzania Engineers Registration Board and a corporate member of the Institution of Engineers Tanzania.

Awards and Recognition
In May 2023, Ladislaus emerged as an overall African winner in the “AIRLINE” category of the 2023 Africa’s Most Respected CEOs Awards by the internal research team and the Awards Validation Jury of the BUSINESS EXECUTIVE LTD.